| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hans-Joachim Abel | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1972–1974 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | (1) |
| 1974–1977 | Westfalia Herne | 102 | (63) |
| 1977–1982 | VfL Bochum | 144 | (60) |
| 1982–1984 | FC Schalke 04 | 63 | (23) |
| FC Vaduz | |||
| National team | |||
| 1973 | West Germany B | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| FC Balzers | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Hans-Joachim "Jochen" Abel (born 25 June 1952 in Düsseldorf) is a former German footballer.[1]
Abel made 183 appearances in the German Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Bochum and Schalke 04 and scored 70 goals.[2] His 60 goals for Bochum also signify a record for the club. Until his retirement, Abel played in Liechtenstein for FC Vaduz. Since his retirement from football he works in the music business in logistics and managed FC Balzers, a Liechtenstein team which plays in the Swiss amateur leagues.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1972–73 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 1973–74 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Westfalia Herne | Verbandsliga | 29 | 32 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 32 | |
| 1975–76 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 17 | 2 | 1 | — | 35 | 18 | ||
| 1976–77 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | 30 | 12 | |||
| 1977–78 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 14 | 7 | |||
| 1977–78 | VfL Bochum | Bundesliga | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 15 | |
| 1978–79 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | — | 32 | 15 | |||
| 1979–80 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 | — | 37 | 16 | |||
| 1980–81 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | — | 37 | 14 | |||
| 1981–82 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | — | 35 | 13 | |||
| 1982–83 | FC Schalke 04 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | — | 37 | 11 | ||
| 1983–84 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | — | 34 | 18 | ||
| Switzerland | League | Schweizer Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| FC Vaduz | — | |||||||||
| Total | Germany | 315 | 147 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 349 | 173 | |
| Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Career total | ||||||||||